shoulder peak

shoulder peak
 n.— «Different rates would be charged electric power users during “super peak hours,” “shoulder peak hours,” and “off peak hours.”» —“Electricity Rates Must Be Stabilized” Herald-Times-Reporter (Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis.) Feb. 27, 1976. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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